The top 16 of the U20 World Cup in 2025 will stage a war between Japan and France. Team News is highly vigilant about the Japanese team

In the upcoming 2025 U20 Men's Football World Cup, which will be held at 7 a.m. on October 9, Japan and France will stage a strong dialogue. French mainstream media "Team News" recently published an article, expressing high vigilance for the Japanese team, which performed strongly in the group stage.

With a perfect record of winning all three games and conceding 7 goals and conceding 0 goals, the Japanese U20 team, which has strongly advanced to the top 16, led by coach Yuzo Fukiyo, is currently in Chile to compete in this U20 World Cup. They showed strong dominance in the group stage (Group A): they beat Egypt 2-0 in the first game, and also defeated host Chile 2-0 in the second game, and defeated New Zealand 3-0 in the last round. They finally advanced to the top 16 with a perfect record of winning all three games, scoring 7 goals and conceding 0 goals.

With the end of the group stage, the Japanese team's opponent in the round of 16 was determined to be the third place in France in Group E. In response, the French newspaper "February" wrote in a report: "The U20 World Cup round of 16 is confirmed, and France will challenge Japan." The newspaper has a very high evaluation of the Japanese team led by Shimonoshi and showed a clear sense of vigilance: "The Japanese team left a shocking impression in the group stage. They firmly ranked first in Group A and showed an excellent state of not losing one goal in three games (scoring 7 goals and conceding 0 goals). With this overwhelming strong performance, they have become one of the strong favorites to win the championship in this event. "

The French team that will face the Japanese team in the 16th round of the U-20 World Cup in the 2025 U-20 World Cup. In the middle is Zidane's son Elias.

It is worth mentioning that the Japanese team defeated the French team 3-1 in the international friendly match in March this year. This upcoming knockout game undoubtedly adds to the drama of revenge and proof. This highly anticipated Japan-France battle is expected to be officially kicked off at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 9.

The U-20 World Cup held in Chile has completed all the group stage schedules on October 5 local time. The top two in each group and the four best-achieved groups advanced to the knockout round. Group A qualifying was Japan and Chile; Group B was Ukraine, Paraguay, and South Korea; Group C was Morocco, Mexico, and Spain; Group D was Argentina and Italy; Group E was the United States, South Africa, and France; Group F was Colombia, Norway, and Nigeria.

The 2025 U-20 Men's World Cup Top 16 match situation chart produced by Japanese media

FIFA (FIFA) announced the knockout match schedule after its official X (formerly Twitter) account, fans from all over the country expressed various opinions:

"Morocco's road to the finals has really become smooth "

"South Africa will compete in the finals "

" (champion) is the United States or France "

"The final is Mexico vs. Japan, and then Mexico wins the championship "

"Is it all the time "

"Is the quarter-final against Spain? "

"Chile, come on! "

"FIFA likes Nigeria vs. Argentina "

"Why does Nigeria always touch Argentina? "

"Don't underestimate Nigeria U20 "